Web Development - Associate Degree
Web developers design, implement, and maintain web applications and websites. The Web Development program will provide you with the skills necessary to become a full stack developer. Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to design the user interface (UI) while implementing design concepts to enhance the user experience (UX). Then combine your front-end skills with back-end technologies including database design and development, programming with ASP.NET, PHP, and WordPress. Web development is an exciting combination of front-end design along with back-end programming, a perfect combination for students who like to design and code.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $10,467, Books: $579, Supplies: $100
This program is fully eligible for financial aid.
Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=101522
Requirements for Program Entry
- Apply at www.nwtc.edu/apply
- Submit high school, GED, or HSED transcripts and college transcripts (if applicable) to transcripts@nwtc.edu
- Tip! Our admission advisors will assist you through every step. Have questions? Connect with NWTC Admissions at start@nwtc.edu or 920-498-5444.
Program Outcomes
- Implement a back-end web application
- Apply customer experience guidelines
- Integrate web data technologies
- Build web-based software applications
- Develop project documents
Accreditation
Programs in the College of Business at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. ACBSP's accreditation process follows the Baldrige model. The accreditation focuses on recognizing teaching excellence, determining student learning outcomes, and a continuous improvement model. ACBSP’s student-centered teaching and learning approach, which is measured and analyzed for quality, ensures that students gain the right skills from their educational investment. Institutions with programs accredited by ACBSP are committed to continuous improvement that ensures their business program will give students the skills employers want.
ACBSP - World Headquarters
11520 West 119th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
Phone: (913) 339-9356
www.acbsp.org
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the Web Development Associate Degree in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Third Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Full Semester
Fourth Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Full Semester
- Curriculum Note: The credit for 10-890-101, College 101 is an Institutional Requirement for graduation. Consequently, it is not part of the program requirements, but must be passed with a C.
Course Descriptions
This course provides an overview of the interconnectedness among careers within Information Technology. Learn how various fields within the broader industry each play an integral role and how a personal brand fits into preparing you for your career choice. (Corequisite: 10-890-101, College 101)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringCreate code for generating the structure, function, and design of static websites using standards-based HTML5 and CSS3; validate code; test multi-browser and multi-device functionality.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringLearners develop knowledge/skills in planning, organizing, writing, editing. Students will also analyze audience/purpose, use elements of research, format documents using standard guidelines, and develop critical reading skills. (Prerequisite: High school GPA greater/equal to 2.6; OR ACT Reading score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 18; OR Next Gen Reading score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 260; OR "preparatory course(s)", contact academic advisor at 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringLearners will develop an understanding of cybersecurity methods, terms, and key technical concepts to identify and protect assets against attacks.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringAll college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts. This course may be used as the first of a two part sequence that ends with Quantitative Reasoning as the capstone general education math requirement. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Arith score greater/equal to 250 AND Rdg score greater/equal to 250; OR ACT Math score greater/equal to 15 AND ACT Reading score greater/equal to 16; OR prep courses-contact an academic advisor 920-498-5444).
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringStudents gain skills that lead to success in college, employment, and life. Students should take this course in their first semester. (Pre-requisite: None.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringUse HTML and CSS to design website user interface (UI) components (navigation, cards, buttons, and forms). Prepare and optimize images for websites. Create responsive code for mobile devices. Implement accessibility standards. (Prerequisite: 10-152-185, Website Coding HTML & CSS)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringUse HTML and CSS to design websites. Create responsive grid designs. Integrate user interface (UI) components into the site layout. Explore design concepts used to support communication and user experience (UX) goals. (Prerequisite: 10-152-155, Intro to Web Front-End UI/UX)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringThis course introduces the study of diversity from a local to a global perspective using a holistic, interdisciplinary approach that encourages exploration and prepares students to work in a diverse environment. The course introduces basic diversity concepts, examines the impact of bias and power differentials among groups, explores the use of culturally responsive communication strategies, and compares forces that shape diversity in an international context. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 15; OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing with a B or better.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringDatabase uses, database terminology, analyzing information requirements, data models, database design phases, entity relationships, normalization processes, database management systems, database objects, development environments, creating tables, writing queries using SQL, testing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringThis science of psychology course is a survey of multiple aspects of behavior and mental processes. It provides an overview of topics such as research methods, theoretical perspectives, learning, cognition, memory, motivation, emotions, personality, abnormal psychology, physiological factors, social influences, and development.. (Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 2.6 or greater OR satisfactory reading and writing assessment scores OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing 1 with "B" or better OR Corequisite: 10-831-102, English Comp Prep).
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringUse JavaScript to manipulate a web browser’s Document Object Model (DOM). HTML and CSS are also used to create and update the page design. JavaScript is used to create objects, functions, validate web forms, store local data, access server data, and public API endpoints. (Prerequisite:10-107-117, Careers in IT; 10-152-185, Website Coding HTML & CSS)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringWrite queries in a relational database: creating tables, setting primary/foreign keys, populating tables, manipulating data and reporting. Explore join types, stored procedures, functions, and database administration SQL statements. (Prerequisite: 10-152-125, Database Design)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringUse JavaScript and Node.js to manage packages and prepare website files for deployment. Node packages and the Node Package Manager (NPM) will be used to develop website features and functionality. (Prerequisite: 10-152-180, JavaScript and DOM)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringUse PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and Apache to create interactive websites. PHP is used to connect to a MySQL database and retrieve site content. PHP is also used to organize the HTML structure. (Prerequisite: 10-152-185, Website Coding HTML & CSS; 10-152-125, Database Design)
Course Typically Offered: FallThis course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge, skills, process and understanding to build, execute, analyze and report upon web campaigns within a Content Management System. Explore techniques and tools to monitor campaigns. Execute post-campaign measurements and ROI analysis.
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringCreate professional resume and cover letter, prepare for interviews, understand interviewing techniques, participate in a mock interview, evaluate outcomes of interview, and prepare for Career Experience. (Prerequisites: 10-105-100, Careers in Business OR 10-107-117, Careers in IT OR 10-201-100, Careers In Digital Arts)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringProvides a foundation of syntax/semantics of C# .NET programming language to develop Windows-based applications. Covers the architecture of Microsoft's .NET platform where C# is the native language.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringUse WordPress to create a content management system (CMS) website. Install WordPress configure settings and develop themes. Create responsive WordPress theme using PHP, HTML and CSS. Analyze security concepts, install plugins, and create child theme. (Prerequisite: 10-152-155, Intro to Web Front-End UI/UX)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringBuild interactive, database-driven websites with ASP.NET and C# with Visual Studio, handling web form events, using ASP.NET controls, designing master pages, managing state, and interacting with databases with ASP.NET data-bound controls. (Prerequisites: 10-152-173, Programming in C# Part 1; 10-152-185, Website Coding HTML & CSS; 10-152-125, Database Design)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringThis course focuses on developing effective listening techniques and verbal and nonverbal communication skills through oral presentation, group activity, and other projects. The study of self, conflict, and cultural contexts will be explored, as well as their impact on communication. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English score greater/equal to 16; OR preparatory course-contact an academic advisor at 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringUse a JavaScript framework to develop websites. The framework will be used to create UI components and the structure of the website. The framework will also be used to integrate data from API endpoints. (Prerequisite: 10-152-187, JavaScript and Node.js)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringWorking within groups using Agile methodologies to manage the development and deployment of software-based business projects. Investigate Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Development (CD) in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). (Prerequisite: 10-152-173, Programming in C# Part 1)
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringStudents can select any hands on experience related to: Internship, Field Research, Service Learning, Simulations, Capstone, Industry Related, or International. Instructor approval required. (Prerequisite: 10-105-103, Career Fundamentals)
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